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Soldier Creek / Sakatonchee
T1-M-A2
Mettawee Class Gasoline Tanker:
USS Sakatonchee (AOG-19) returning to San Francisco in January 1946.
Note the homeward-bound pennant flying from the foremast.
( Photo collection Mike Green )
SOLDIER CREEK / SAKATONCHEE (AOG-19), T1-M-A2
Built by East Coast Shipyards Inc., Bayonne, New Jersey. Yardnumber 3. USMC Nr. 901.
Keel laid 13-08-1942. Launched 22-05-1943. Completed 15-01-1944. Designated YOG-49.
Gr. 1220 t., Net. 856 t., Dw. 1475 t.
L.o.a. 68,68 m., Br. 11,39 m., Dr. 4,06 m. Lloyds Register (IMO) or ID nr. 6120079.
Engine: 5 cyl 2SA 405 x 520 oil engine, manufactured by Fairbanks, Morse & Company, Beloit, Wisconsin. 790 B.h.p., 589 kW.
Speed 10 knots. 12 Tanks. Derrick: 1 x 3 t. Call sign: NCJZ.
History:
1942 - SOLDIER CREEK - Laid down for U. S. Maritime Commission, USA.
1942 - Designated SOLDIER CREEK YOG-49.
1944 - SOLDIER CREEK - Acquired by the US Navy from the Maritime Commission, 15 January 1944.
1944 - SAKATONCHEE (AOG-19) Commissioned, 17 January 1944.
1946 - SAKATONCHEE (AOG-19) Decommissioned, 29 March 1946.
1946 - SAKATONCHEE (AOG-19) Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946.
1946 - SAKATONCHEE (AOG-19) Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 1 July 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., name reverted to MV SOLDIER CREEK.
CASUALTY REPORTS.
Final Disposition SOLDIER CREEK, sold for scrapping, 7 January 1964, to National Metals & Steel Corp. (PD-X-653), withdrawn from the reserve fleet, 23 January 1964.
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